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The Irish standard., 1887-10-01

DONATIONS.
From Mrs. N. Perry, cushion.
From Mrs. Comfort, water set.
From Mrs. M. Lyons, wax flowers.
From Mcclellan Bros, fine water set.
From Adams & Ring, splendid opera
fan.
From Miller Bros, splendid rocking
chair.
From Peter McDonough, crystal
basket.
From Mrs. John Fleetham, $40 worth
of cooks.
From Miss Nouso, neat cross with
glass frame.
From Nick Lauer, 322 Hennepln
basket Of fruit.
From Mrs. Samuel Chute, pair of
elegant blankets.
From Miss Celia Burns, fire screen.
Neatly embroidered.
From Washburn mill, barrel of flour.
The best in the market.
Picture of Magdalen, donated by
Academy of Holy Angels.
fIOm MISS julia AyOuS3 C1ho Ou
Holy Angels Sodality table.
From St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul.
sophia pillow and table scarf.
Cast your eyes on the cake donated
by Regain Bros, Nicollet avenue.
From JAMES Zesbough, pictures OF
Jesus and Mary. Large and beautiful
From Miss Bowling, of st. Paul.
chair, plush seat and hand embroid-
cred.
From T. w. McGrath, picture OF
Rev. James McGolrick. CraYon.
Work on same done in New York.
Among the firms who generous.
ly contributed supplies to the dining
room were: Sleavin & Broderick, Sexton
& Welsh, Bush & Curtin and III. f..
Lillibridge & Co.
The Muchmore Publishing Co., 3O7
NicOflet avenue, have donated q hand
sons and valuable picture to the I'm
The Irish standard., 1887-10-01
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

Everything this night was carried out
as previously announced. Mrs. Bakers
class gave a splendid entertainment,
and the tableau was simply magnlt:
cent. Mr.. Lemons solo was good, and
would have been enjoyed more, but fol
the noise and clatter Of the large audi
ence present. The athletic execises by
the Crusaders Athletic Club attracted
everyb0dy's attention, and the boys did
very we'll considering the short time
spent in preparation. Two exercises in
pugilism were given. The first one. OF
two rounds, between William Talbot
and George Men ally, bantams, and the
second between Prof. j. M. Murphy
and one of his apt pupils, John Morri-
son. Jim Smith was referee and TOm
Sullivan timekeeper. When time was
called at the finish, the referee declared
everything draw, the contestants
amusing themselves aid the audience
by landing few hits from the shoulder
on the head of Time-keeper Sulli-
van. Following was the programme
Indian club swinging, George r: NC
Nally, Maurice Hennesy, John Morrl-
son. John Woolsey, Thomas Gleason,
John Mccarthy. Eddie Keyes, M. (.
O'Gara, William Sullivan. Graeco-
Roman wrestling contest, best two in
three falls with Frank Murphy, who
won the gold medal at the Exposision,
and Thomas Webster as contestants
The entertainment of the evening
conclud d with nine gladiatorial
pyramids by members of the
class as follows: Thomas Webster,
A. Dunn, Frank Murphy, Thomas
GLEASON M 7. NGara. Dan WOOlSeV.
James and Dan Connolly, James Nc
Nally, Hugh Ryan, John y oolsey, Geo.
John Fallon, Thomas Dissette, John
Morrison, John Mccarthy. The en-
tertainment was under the direction
of Prof. J. M. Murphy.
The Irish standard., 1887-10-01

a. a. Business Suits Jour. Taio-made Irish Tweeds
Vn&usn a Ia from, the celebrated Baney Mills, Cork; Scotch
AuuHIVnu Pads, Tweeds and Chevos, German Worseds,
English Serges, Fancy French Paids, we'll
uuVen the best Domestic WooIens Sacks, Button
Cutaways Albert Suits very latest patterns out
be found on the ready-made counters OF the
The Irish standard., 1887-10-01
BIC BOSTON,
MINNEAPOLIS,

At prices you smile. These lines bought
within the last thirty days, and believe in quick sales
every garment bargain Come and the goods you
will be convinced
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
The Gerrymander.

The history of the word gerrymandel
is interesting. In 1911 the anti-Feder-
alists, or Republicans, as they were then
called, after a bitter contest, succeeded
in electing their candidate for Governor
of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, and a
majority in both houses of the Legisla-
ture. In order to maintain this majority
in the future, they proceeded to rear
range the Sentorial districts of the
State, which had hitherto been formed
without any division of counties, by di-
viding counties so as to secure an anti
Federalist majority, even though the
counties were, in reality, strongly Fed
eral in sentiment. The Federalists pro
tested. but in vain; the divisions were
made without even a consideration of
the propriety of the act; the work was
sanctioned by the Governor, and became
law by his signature; wherefore his
political opponents soundly castigated
him through the newspapers and at pub
lie meetings. In Essex County the ar
rangement of the districts in relation TO
the towns was singular and absurd.
Russell, the veteran editor of the Boston
Sentinel, who had strenuously opposed
the scheme, took map of that county
and coloring the selected towns, hung it
on the wall of his editorial room. One
day Gilbert Stuart, the eminent painter,
was in the room, and looking at the
map remarked that the colored town
ships resembled some monstrous animal.
He took pencil, and with few touches
drew a head, wings, claws and tail.
"There, " said Stuart, ''that will do for
salamander." ReyOlds looking at the
hideous figure exclaimed "Salamandar
Call it gerrymander" An engraved
copy of this map was widely circulated
by Russell, and the word was immedi-
ately adopted into the national political
vocabulary as term of reproach for
those who change boundaries of districts
for partisan purpose Inter Ocean,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
Money Value Of a wife.

Let a man become widOwer and he
soon learns what the financial worth of a
wife was to him. When he is compelled
to hire the food cooked, the garments
made or mended, the washing and IRON
ing done, he finds that about one-half of
his income is required to meet these out
goes. Who saved this expense beforei
Let the cold fingers and the silent lips in
the graveyard bear testimony. The
famil, purse should be as accessible to a
faithful wife as to the husband. What
man would consent to become partner
in company in which his brother partner
should alone have control of the COM
pany's fundsl There is no one thing
more degrading and depressing to hard
working wife, than to feel that she must
beg like tramp for every cent she spends
beyond her food, which as truly belongs
to her as though she earned it as a
domestic or shop girl.-Ne1 England
Firmcr.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
MinstreIs and Burnt Cork.

The popular idea is that we put some
sort of greasy preparation on our faces to
make the burnt cork come off easily,
says famous negro minstrel to a Phila-
delphia News reporter; but if man
wants to become permanently black, all
he need do is to grease his face before he
blacks up. 1t would keep him scrubbiDg
all night, and he would have to take
the skin off before he could get it out.
The preparation of the cork is simple.
The property man put his corks in pan,
pours little alcohol over them, lights
the alcohol, and the heat does the rest.
A little rubbing between the hands
smoothes out the Jumps and the grit.
There's another way to take out the grit,
which is to drop the burnt cork into a
tub of water, and the grit goes to the
bottom. All he has to do is to skim of
the floating substance, and he has the
fine particles. A little water makes this
into paste ready for use.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09

named in the Old Testament, nor mentioned
by Josephus. 1t was not harsh critic, but
the excellent Nathaniel, who asked Can
there any good thing come out of Nazarethf'
Ndzdrene. is much difficulty in ex-
planning this word. The word itself does not
appear in the Old Testament. The hest ex-
PLANTATION probably is that Matthew does not
intend to refer to any one prophecy. He has
in mind the general language of the prophets
in regard to Christ as the Branch, and espe-
cially regarding his despised condition among
men. That condition is well set forth by his
being called the Nazarene ALI that the
prophets had said regarding Christs humil-
ity would find its illustration in that
despised term. The evangelist concentrates
these various prophecies in that one word,
Nazarene Today it is a word of honor
The despised town is held in everlasting re-
menlbrance. Jesus gave it something of his
OWN glory and exaltation.
POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED.
l.. God still watches over the Church, and
guards even his youngest and weakest dis
ciples from the wiles of their foes.
2. Safety is found only in implicit obcdi-
ence to the divine command.
g. The enemies of God are also enemies of
one another, and will hasten their own de-
struction. God thus makes the wrath Of men
to praise him.
4. Believers must be identified with Christ
In his lowly life at Nazareth, that they may
be prepared to share his glory in the New
Observation-Disclosures World.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
Novel Park,

A rich New Zealand Prince, full of new
zeal and SO forth on the subject of public
parks, has presented to his government
large district of wild country which he
owns, for park purposes. One of themost
interesting features of,the park that is to
be, is genuine volcano that is alive and
kicking, besides an extinct volcano that
might be made to erupt on the Fourth of
July and other holidays, by artificial
means, and lake of boiling hot water.
Picnic parties will find the latter very
convenient for the production of hard
boiled eggs steaming hot. No matter
how stringent prohibition law New zea-
land may adopt, with two volcanoes in
the park visitors will be able to find
plenty of the ''crater. n--Tsras SJtings.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
Unfamiliar with the Classics.

1t was on a west-bound train. A
Boston young gentleman had struck up
a conversational acquaintance with q
Detroit young lady.
''Do you like Smolletts"
ell guess I've never seen him.
Who's he with!n
The Boston young gentleman started.
but, fearing that he had been misunder-
stood, he needed not the query.
'eYou are surely fond of Fielding9" he
continued.
"Oh, yes, it will do" replied the
Detroit girl, "but slugging is what like,
and you just wait till our big four get
after your bean eaters-they'll make 'em
think its raining base balls out in the
back end of your park. = Chicago
Tribune.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
Congressional VIII.

The pages of the Congressional Record
are thickly strewn with ''Iapplausel;"
''Ilaughterl;;" !" ''Igreat laughter and APP
plausel, " etc. but the reader Of the con
text often has difficulty in discovering
the real occasion for the enthusiasm or
hilaiity Of the members. The speeches,
are as a rule, commonplace, the wit stale
or pointIess, the jokes dismally stupid.
Congressional wit does not differ from
that Of the mart, the street. or the sa-
loon; its life departs when removed from
its surroundings, and very little Of it will
bear printing. .-The American Aagasine.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
Underdressed Children.

Nearly so, 900 children under five years
of age die annually in the United States
of pulmonary affections, and there is no
doubt that large proportion of these
deaths are due to needless exposure to
cold and wet, and to the ignorance or
neglect which SO generally prevails with
respect to the matter of clothing. The
absurd delusion which suggests that to
harden children It's essential TO expose
their legs and chests to the piercing blasts
of winter, their bare feet to the wet, cold
earth, their uncovered heads to the sum
mer sun, leads to many an illness which
terminates fatally. Wemight reasonably
expect that examples of that belief would
be furnished from among the ignorant
poor; but notso, we can see on our streets
anyday in the winter months the children
of our most intelligent classes clad in ex
pensive dresses, with neck, arms and legs
perfectly bare. The average mother
exercises little more discretion in dressing
her children than an American savage
The South.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
Dead CapItaI in Farm Fencss.

Il is said that the amount of dead"
capital invested in farm fences in the
United States alone reaches the immense
aggregate of S., 900, 900, 900, and that
the construction of new fences and the
renewal of old ones involves an outlay Of
no less than 5000, 900, 900 annually. 1t
,s difficult to fix an approximate idea Of
what immense sums as these represent,
but some conception of this enormous in
yestment may be formed upon the fact
that it nearly equals the capital stock Of
all the railroads in the country, while
the annual expense almost parallels the
entire revenue Of the National Govern
8 ent. - Chicago Times.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09

diggings, well stocked with provisions
We went first to South Fork, then to
North Fork or Feather River. There was
so much mud that we had to abandon our
cattle and wagon and carry our packs on
our backs. We did pretty well, but i
was sick and had to keep out of the
trenches and give up mining for a while.
When we dissolved partnership at North
Fork sack of -four fell to my share and
Isold it for 5000. l then bought boat
and gun and shot quail and jack rabbits
and sold them in San Francisco. Quail
brought 81 and IS per dozen dead, and
$12 alive; and jack rabbits 81 and So
each. The second time l went back to
San Francisco the cholera was raging
there. Men were dropping dead like
sheep.
81 went to the diggings again, and
we came across big rock near Middle
Fork standing high out of the water,
which whirled in a swift eddy around it.
We knew if there was any gold in that
locality it would be right in this eddy.
So we flied bags with sand and made q
dam to turn the water aside so that we
could get at it. The very first dip of my
pan brought up $21s worth of gold.
After working there week we divided
up, and each got 5000 as his share There
were six of us."- Washington Star.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
Childish PrecOcity.

Here is story of childish precocity
from the Boston Budget, illustrating the
way these little ones puzzle their elders.
Paterfamilias, in spirit Of mischief, was
attempting to confound the knowledge
of his six-year-old by asserting that the
face of clock was not face, because it
did not have eyes; but the alphabet was
fresh in the childs memory, and she i'm
mediately upset her parents argument BY
pointing triumphantly to the Roman nu-
merals ii upon the dial, with the con-
vincing, ''oh, yes, they have; there are
1wo Isl"
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
A Watery Cow.

IN milk -adultcration case at Chelten-
ham, England, the other day, a sample
of "babics' milk " sold by the defendant
was proved to contain ten per cent Of
added water. At the request Of the de
fendant, however, the COW, responsible
for the sample was milked in th
presence Of the Inspector, and the bulk,
in legal phrascology. proved to CORE
spond exactly with the sample. The in
spector said presumably: F" How shall
we deal with watery GOVT The Law
makes no provision for Furnishing 9
COW guilty Of watering her own milk"
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.

italian astronomers say the world is
eight million years old, and has been
peopled about fifty millions.
The "canals" on the surface of Mars
extend from sea to sea across the planets
continent, and are about fifteen miles
wide.
The reptiles of Brazil are now reported
by Prof. E. D. Cope to number sixty-two
species twelve being newly discovered),
of which eighteen are batrachians, fifteen
lizards and twenty snakes.
The height of a proposed exhibition
tower in Paris is so great as to render a
hydraulic lift impossible, and a huge screw
and nut, pressing cage up and down,
have been substituted, insuring safety
and celebrity.
The red stars above the ninth magni-
tude have been catalogued by Mr. g. F.
Chambers after sixteen years of labor.
The list gives I'll stars as distinctly
reddish or orange, of which not more
than a dozen are really ruby or carmine.
Among the many masses of meteoric
iron which have been described, only
nine, according to Prof. W. E. Hidden,
have been seen to fall, the places and
dates being: Agram, Croatia, May 26,
1751; Charlotte, Tenn, Aug. 1, 1885;
Braunsu, Bohemia, July IA, 1s47; Tabarz,
Saxony, Oct. IS, 1854; Victoria West,
Africa, in 1862; Neied, Arabia, Spring of
1865; Nedagolia, India, Jan. 90. 1870;
RowtOn, Shropshire, England, April 90,
1876; Mazapii, Mexico, Nov. %, 1885.
The increasing difficulty of adding to
the worlds stock of knowledge of the
Arctic regions is turning the intention of
explorers to the more distant but fresher
fields for research lying about the South
Pole. An Antarctic expedition is now
being fitted out by Baron Nordenskjold,
and is expected to leave Sweden in the
Autumn for an absence of eighteen
months; while it is probable that during
the next few years several other expedi-
tions will be attracted to the unknown ice
seas of the Southern Hemisphere
The demand for cheap aluminium has
stimulated researches in every possible
direction. Mr.. James MacClear in a
paper before the Society of Chemical
Industry describes a new method for
manufacturing sodium and potassium
cheaply. As now made according to the
Deville method aluminium depends upon
sodium. With caustic soda at $55 a ton
the metallic sodium costs about % cents a
pound, allowing IL cents for fuel and
materials. With sodium at this price
aluminium can probably be put on the
market at 81 pound, or about one-fourth
of its present value.
1t is fact worth noting that no comet,
so far as is known, has ever come in con-
tact with the earth, or mingled its sub
stance with the earth's atmosphere. The
nearest approach ever observed was
Lexell's comet of 117O, which approached
to within 1,4OO, 900 miles of the earth,
and subtended an angle of de-
grees 90 minutes, the largest apparent
diameter yet observed in any
comet 1t has not not been seen
since 1770, though an orbit was COM
eleted for it of only five and half years,
and astronomers are of the opinion that
perturbation by Jupiter may have
changed its orbit to one of long period.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-07-09
How Thsrmameters Are Made.

If thermometers were all of uniform
caliber and graded accurately there
would, of course, be no difference in
their records. But the fact is that many
are imperfectly made and carelessly
graded, and these, of course, will give
widely differing results The first point
in the construction of the mercurial ther-
monlctcr is to see that the tube is of uni
form clliber throughout its whole in
terror. To ascertain this short column
of mercury is put into the tube and
moved up and down, to see if its length
remains the same through all parts of the
tube. If tube whose caliber is not uni
form is used slight differences are made
in its graduation to allow for it. A scale
of equal parts is etched upon the tube,
and from observations of the inequalities
of the column of mercury moved in it a
table giving the temperatures CORE
spending to these divisions is formed A
bulb is now blown on the tube, and while
the open end of the latter is dipped into
mercury heat is applied to the bulb to
expand the air in it, The heat is then
Withdrawn, and, the air within contract
ing, portion of the mercury rises in
the tube and partly fills the bulb. To the
open end ofthe tube a funnel containing
mercury is fitted, the bulb placed over
Il fame until it boils, thus eXpelling all
air and moisture from the instrument,
and, on cooling, the tube instantly fills
with mercury. The bulb is now placed
in some hot fluid causing the mercury
within it to expand and flow over the top
of the tube, aud when this overflow has
ceased the open end of the tube is heated
with blow pipe flame. To graduate the
instrument, the bulb is placed in melting
ice, and, when the top of the mercury
column has fallen as low as it will, note
is taken of its position referred to the
scale on the tube This is the freezing
point: II is marked as zero on the ther-
mometers of kelsius and Reaumur, and
as $50 on the Fahrenheit system. To
determine the boiling point, the instru-
mcnt is placed in 4 metallic vessel with
double walls, between which circulates
the steam from boiling water. Between
the freezing and boiling point of water
100 equal degrees are marked in the
centierade graduation of Celsius, 1SO
degrees on the Fahrenheit plan, and 50
degrees ON the Reaumur On many ther
mometers all three of these graduations
are indicated on the frame to which the
tube is attached Some weeks after a
thermometer has been made and graded
it may be noticed that when the bnlb is
immersed in pounded ice the mercery
does not quite descend to the freezing
point This is owing TO a gradual ex-
pansioni Of the mercury which usually
goes on for nearly two years, when it is
found that the zero has risen nearly a
whole degree It is then necessary to
side down the scale TO which the tube is
fastened, 50 that it will read accurately
the movements Of the mercury After
. this change, the accuracy of the thcrmo-
meter is assured, as there is no further ex-
pausion Of the mercury column.-Inter-
Oocaa.
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THE
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Is PUBLISHED
Every Saturday,
AT
CHARLOTTE, N. c.

in The Interests of the Colored People
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Ir@ MESSENGER is a first-class newspaper
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a "A newspaper TO advocate the rights and
defend the interests of the Negro American,
especially in the Piedmont section of the
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4 tgnncl is projected to he bored under
Gnys Peak, in the Rocky Mountains.
Il will be placed 1000 feet below the
summit Of the mountain, will he about
e5ylOO feet long, and will direct com
munication between the valleys in the
Atlantic slope and those Of the Pacific
ddc, with shortening Of some 300 miles
N the transmonfanc distance.
The railroads Of this country own abou.
soO'OoO freight cars used in revenue ser.
vice which represents capital TO the
ssogns Of at least s4OO. 600. 900.
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